Genshin Impact banners Hu Tao and Yelan surpassed a previous sales record set by recent banners Raiden Shogun and Ayato in version 3.3. Any gamer who checked out the anime game subreddit probably saw this coming. Hu Tao and Yelan are top characters on almost every Genshin Impact tier list, and more importantly, they are absolutely loved by the community.
This record is rarely broken this often, but Nahida and Yoimiya were at the top in patch 3.2, followed by Raiden Shogun and Ayato in patch 3.3, and now Hu Tao and Yelan have topped the rest with their Genshin Impact version 3.4 sales.
HoYoverse has been running high-value banners for three consecutive releases now, but that might change with the 3.5 version update. Although likable characters, Dehya and Cyno don’t seem to rank high on the community’s must-have lists.
Meanwhile, Hu Tao and Yelan are two of the best characters in the game, and Yelan has arguably the best C6 constellation on the entire roster. On top of that, his weapon banner is probably the best we’ve seen to date, with Homa’s Staff Polearm and Aqua Simulacra Bow being good options for various character builds.
That said, their combined sales numbers below should come as no surprise.
The numbers here come from GenshinLab, which is a site that collects data from Chinese app stores to show sales numbers for a large portion of the game’s playerbase.
As you can see above, Hu Tao and Yelan produced around 45,648,916 USD/GBP £38,038,785 in sales, while Raiden and Ayato earned around 37,919,130 USD/GBP £31,597,631, which is a noticeable difference.
Dehya and Cyno may not have reached those heights, but you can still enjoy them now as the Genshin Impact v3.5 update went live today.